Ethel Waters 6 pictures

Actress, Soundtrack
The child of a teenage rape victim, Ethel Waters grew up in the slums of Philadelphia and neighboring cities, seldom living anywhere for more than a few weeks at a time. "No one raised me, " she recollected, "I just ran wild." She excelled not only at looking after herself, but also at singing and dancing; she began performing at church functions, ...

Born: October 31, 1896
Star sign: Scorpio
Known for: Beulah (1950), Cabin in the Sky (1943), The Member of the Wedding (1952), Pinky (1949)
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Still of Ethel Waters in Route 66 (1960)
Still of Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Butterfly McQueen, Clinton Rosemond, Kenneth Spencer and Ethel Waters in Cabin in the Sky (1943)
Henry Fonda, Rita Hayworth, Edward G. Robinson, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton, Ginger Rogers, Paul Robeson and Ethel Waters in Tales of Manhattan (1942)
Ethel Waters, c. 1939.